Loose-leaf sheet



H. M. WILLIAMS.

LOOSE LEAF SHEET. APPLICATION FILED I'uNE 24.1920.

Patented Feb. 7, 1922.

113mm eif- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. f

HOWARD MARION WILLIAMS, OF BOULDER, COLORADO.

LOOSE-LEM' SHEET.

Application led June 24, 1920.

common use in banks and similar institu-' tions where it is desirable tofurnish periodical statements ofaccounts to customers.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, efficient andveconomical form of sheet forsystems of this character by means of whicha substantial economy of paper is secured and a considerable'amount oflabor is saved.

The invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combinationof parts as hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

One sheet of drawings accompanies this specification as part thereof, inwhich like reference characters denote like parts throughout.

Figure l represents a filing drawer containing loose leaves involvingthe present invention,

Figure 2 shows the leaf opened out,

Figure 3 shows the leaf folded down.

Referring to the drawings', a represents a normal sized leaf adapted tocontain the account of an average customer or depositor,

Z) represents an integral part of the sheet from which part a is formed,but is only vof approximately half the sizeof part a. Part b is foldeddown on the line e to overlay part a, as shown in Figure 3.

The bottom of part a is provided with suitable slots d adapted toreceive rods oi` similar parts of a binder or filing drawer such as Bothparts a and b are suitably printed and ruled as shown at a, the rulingand Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 7, 1922;

Serial No. 391,391.

printing on both parts being identical and reading from the folded edgedownward.

In practice with loose leaf account systems, a substantial number of allaccounts are small, but the sheets adopted by any institution must besufficiently large 'to accommodatevthe average customers account. Withordinary sheets, the small accounts occupy only a small part of thesheet, but an entire sheet must be devoted to it and removedperiodically regardless of the amount actually used, for delivery to thecustomer.

With the present in vention, the regular sheets are interspersed withsheets involving the present invention and the accounts of customersuniformly havingsmall accounts is placed on sheet ZJ. By reason of itsarrangement in conjunction with part a, small sheet `is retained atthetop of the file subject to ready inspection and thusV avoiding thepossibility of being overlooked, such as would be inherent with theuseof ordinary half sized sheets. Y

When at the end of the month or similar period for rendering accounts,small sheet b is torn from part a and delivered, part a remains in thebinder ready to be used for an average sized account.

It will be obvious that this invention will save a substantial amount ofpaper, will prevent mistakes by keeping the headings of all accounts atthe same level in the filing case, and will avoid the necessity ofreplacing a substantial number of sheets.v

What I claim is: Y e

l. A loose leaf for accounts, comprising a sheet and a second smallersheet integral therewith, formed by a transverse fold parallel Vwith oneedge and adapted to be folded back on the larger sheet, the upper .facesof both the larger sheet and the back to form normal sized sheets havingsmaller 10 sheets back folded from said fold, the faces of said normalsized sheets, and both parts of said back folded sheets being similarlyinscribed and ruled to read from the folded and upper edge downward forindexing 15 purposes.

In testimony whereof I lafli'X my signature.

HOWARD MARION WILLIAMS.

